How to grow potatoes without weeding and hilling

There is an easy way to grow potatoes wisely without weeding and hilling. This method is to use straw. Even before the revolution in Russia, this method of growing potatoes was extremely popular. Then, with the advent of Soviet power and changes in agriculture, this method was forgotten.

Today growing potatoes under the straw are gaining popularity again. And this, of course, is no accident. After all, you can get a wonderful crop without weeding, without hilling or constant struggle with the Colorado potato beetle.

Brief essence of the method

This method of growing potatoes fully lives up to its name. There will be no troubles, only it will be necessary to find time to plant tubers, find a free site, and also prepare enough straw or simply dry grass.

So, the tubers will need to be planted in the ground, in a completely normal way. Now straw is taken and a plot of planted potatoes is covered for it by 12 centimeters in height. Instead (or together) of straw, you can use leaves, weeds and any plant residues that are abundant in each suburban area.

 

Now it remains only to forget about this piece of land the flesh before the onset of autumn. When it comes time to harvest, you also have something to do. It is necessary to remove the straw from the site. The potato will be above the ground, so you don’t even have to dig it. There is no doubt that the crop will be good. The network already has a lot of reviews about this method of growing potatoes and in all reviews they regret only that a larger plot was not given for straw.

What is important to know when landing

So, you firmly decided that this year you will grow potatoes wisely: no hilling and weeding. The earth does not need to be previously dug or plowed. A little sprouted potato tubers are taken and sit on the ground at a short distance from each other. Now lay out a layer of straw or other plant debris. The minimum thickness of the straw layer is 12 centimeters, but you can make a layer that reaches up to 30 cm - this will only benefit the potato.

Well, autumn has come, you can take a bold look towards the straw and take it off. Once again, we emphasize separately that before autumn you can simply forget about the site with potatoes and straw. The potato will be on the surface, so you don’t even need to dig it. If you do not believe that this method is, and it really works, then just read the thematic forums. The network on this issue has a large amount of information and, most importantly - positive feedback.

 

To make the crop even better

We also recommend that you pay attention to the tool that many have recently used. This is a special growth activator for plants, thanks to which many gardeners received a very good harvest. It is much more effective than conventional folk remedies, as it combines different approaches. And with it it’s completely natural. Read more about the tool in in this article.

Let’s say that this method just doesn’t give you peace. Namely, that part of it, when after planting tubers you can forget about your potatoes. If you want to do something else for your future rich harvest, then you can do periodic stirring of potatoes. Often this is not necessary, once a month will be enough.

You need to take a metal stick and enter it on the line where the tubers are laid. Now just make movements up and down. In general, this procedure cannot be called simple or carefree, and it will take a certain amount of time. But, experiments by gardeners showed that this method of care will help increase the yield of the method of growing potatoes under straw by 20%.

Also some gardeners before how to plant tubers are poured on a selected area of ​​peat with a layer of up to 15 cm. Then the tubers are simply laid out on peat and covered with vegetation. This is not necessary at all: even with the classic method of planting under straw, the crop will be good. But, peat will help increase productivity by an average of 15-20%.

 

The results of planting potatoes under straw are simply impressive. It is interesting that many gardeners, of course, do not immediately trust this method. The first year they plant most of the potatoes in the usual way, and only a small area is allocated for straw. But the very next year, all the land allocated for growing potatoes is covered with straw. And this is something, yes it says.